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Thadeus Musoke the chairperson of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has said that their meeting with President Museveni at Kololo yesterday was simply a waste of time.  This followed a discussion between the President and traders over the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS). There were different issues that the traders wanted to discuss with the President including the ...

Singer Tugume Wycliffe also known as Ykee Benda has met the speaker of parliament Hon Anita Among yesterday. He has now come out to reveal what they talked about. From Among’s talking points, their meeting had nothing to do with music in any way. It was all about a school that Ykee Benda in co-owner in Kajjansi. The school was ...

In a recent development, Parliament has passed the Income Tax Amendment Bill, 2024, granting Bujagali Energy Limited an additional year of tax waiver. This decision has been made despite the Auditor-General, John Muwanga, sounding the alarm about the significant loss of Shs1.417 trillion in tax exemptions that Uganda suffered in the fiscal year 2022/23. In his December 2023 audit report, ...

Social and political analyst Frank Gashumba has revealed that there isn’t any country that is as peaceful as Uganda at the moment. He said he doesn’t understand why someone would be clearly telling whites that Uganda is bleeding yet he is always moving in and out of the country. Gashumba said every Ugandan should at least be proud of being ...

A rescue operation is continuing in South Africa after a five-storey building under construction collapsed. This killed two people and left another 53 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 22 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital. A team of 75 crew were on the site when the building collapsed on ...